Submitted by Sudeshna Mukherjee on 10 February, 2012 - 00:18
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Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 1 February, 2012 - 00:01
A comprehensive review of the Kabissa database of organizations is long overdue, especially with an upgrade in the works to make organization profiles even more useful for finding and connecting with African civil society. To this end we are organizing a "work party" this coming Saturday, 4 February and we'd love to have as many people pitching in as possible, both remotely via the Internet and face to face on Bainbridge Island at OfficeXpats, a coworking and meeting space.
Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 25 January, 2012 - 22:01
I just sent the email below to Kabissa members and supporters in Washington State about the Africa Roundtable, an initiative I am starting up here on Bainbridge Island where I live. This is something I've been interested in doing for a long time, and if it works here on Bainbridge we should join forces with others to replicating it in other parts of the world. Please help spread the word and let me know if you have ideas or are interested in helping out. Thanks!
Dear Kabissa friends in Washington,
I am writing to let you know about a new initiative I am starting here on Bainbridge Island where I live called the Africa Roundtable.I would appreciate it if you could take a moment to learn about the initiative, join in if you are interested and help spread the word in your network by forwarding this email, sharing the Africa Roundtable facebook page, mentioning @africaroundtabl on twitter or just simply pointing people to http://www.africaroundtable.
org .Where does this idea come from? In the months since returning to Bainbridge from Berlin, and while networking and looking for organizations to work with, I have come across a number of people on the island who have an interesting Africa connection but who have never heard of each other. As the founder of Kabissa, an African civil society networking platform operated by volunteers, I am committed to grassroots empowerment through technology capacity building and networking. I'd love to do this on Bainbridge with people and organizations working in Africa, with regular face to face meetings to explore opportunities for cooperation, peer learning and mutual support.
The idea behind organizing both lunchtime and evening meetings is to accommodate schedules (not everyone is actually on Bainbridge during the day) and types of engagement (not everyone works on Africa on a day-to-day basis but many would like to learn what is being done for Africa from Bainbridge and support it). Another idea is to have these events be catered - Simply Bainbridge have made us a terrific offer which I think will contribute greatly to making our Roundtable gatherings enjoyable and successful for all involved.
Here’s the link again to join in: http://www.africaroundtable.
. org With thanks,
Tobias Eigen,
Kabissa FounderP.S. Here’s a sample short text you can take verbatim (or tweak) to share the URL with your friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter:
Do you work on Africa from (or near) Bainbridge Island? Join the new Africa Roundtable! http://africaroundtable.org
Submitted by Diana_C on 9 January, 2012 - 02:33
If you are a Facebook/Twitter maniac, or you are motivated by raising money with a targeted purpose, or you love servers and maintaining websites, then you are the person we are looking for. Check out our volunteering opportunities. We look forward to reading your application!
Submitted by Diana_C on 9 January, 2012 - 00:54
Kabissa is currently recruiting 1 volunteer to fill in the postion of Volunteer Recruiter.
TASKS
- Advertise the new openings as indicated in the Kabissa Operating Procedures
- Handle volunteering mailbox correspondence and volunteer applications
- Set up and conduct interviews with prospective volunteers
- Help the recruited volunteers to set up their first 3 month workplan
- Induct the recruited volunteers in the team and assists them in getting familiar with the Kabissa infrastructure and procedures specific to the initial phase
Submitted by kjantin on 13 December, 2011 - 00:53
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Submitted by ebeking on 17 November, 2011 - 14:44
Hi everyone, I am Chidi Kingsley, an electronic engineer with a passion to change our world to a better place to live in.
Submitted by Diana_C on 1 November, 2011 - 09:41
I am Diana, a 24 years old Romanian, who discovered Kabissa on the UNV online volunteering website. After being interviewed by the Executive Director, Tobias Eigen, I was given the great news that I have been accepted in the team, as a volunteer coordinator.
Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 4 October, 2011 - 19:40
If you are looking for new fundraising channels, you will want to take a look at Global Giving's upcoming Open Challenge - the deadline is November 1st, so hurry! And if you are considering participating, take a look at my ten tips, crossposted below from my saidia.org blog. There are some helpful suggestions in the comments over there as well. The deadline to submit Due Diligence paperwork is November 1, 2011. Interested organizations are requested to click here to nominate themselves to GlobalGiving and get started!
Submitted by ClaireSale on 5 July, 2011 - 18:08
In the old days, we used to talk about accessibility as something we added to our websites. Today, the conversation has shifted towards making our websites accessible as a key requirement of the development process- for complex reasons and with complex benefits.
